Cynthia Onyedinmanasu Chinasaokwu Erivo (born 8 January 1987) is an English actress, singer, and songwriter.
She is known for her performance as Celie in the Broadway revival of The Color Purple, for which she won the 2016 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical, the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical, the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, and the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Musical Performance in a Daytime Program, the latter two she shared with the rest of the cast.
Erivo ventured into films in 2018, with roles in the heist film Widows and the thriller Bad Times at the El Royale. In 2019, she portrayed abolitionist Harriet Tubman in the biopic Harriet, for which she earned nominations for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
Jimmy Fallon had a surprise for Ariana Grande on Thursday’s “Tonight Show”. The host thanked the singer’s mom Joan for providing them with footage of her first performance.
The clip showed a then-eight-year-old Grande singing the U.S. national anthem at a Florida Panthers hockey game. Grande had her hand over her mouth after watching the adorable video, before saying: “Wow, that’s crazy!” READ MORE: Ariana Grande And Cynthia Erivo Land Leads In ‘Wicked’ Movie, Idina Menzel Responds The singer also spoke about being a coach on the latest season of “The Voice”, gushing over how much she loves to be a part of it alongside Kelly Clarkson, Blake Shelton, and John Legend.
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